A Charm of Magpies: A Beautiful Boxset of Science, Nature and Antiques Miscellanies

Icon Books's Magpie series is quickly gaining a reputation for fun, incisive miscellanies on a broad range of topics.

Simon Flynn's The Science Magpie, which has sold more than twenty thousand copies worldwide, was described by the New Scientist as a "cornucopia of curious facts, anecdotes, and quotations [and] is sure to entertain and surprise."

The Nature Magpie by Daniel Allen was described by Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape, as "a miscellany that keeps you turning the pages," and the Good Book Guide (UK) said that this "delightfully zany volume presents an eclectic selection of facts and fiction gleaned from Nature . . . all lightly peppered by Allen's dry wit."

Country Life magazine said of Marc Allum's Antiques Magpie that it is "a source of unlikely information, but a laugh a page. A perfect present for virtually everyone."

This attractively presented set presents all three paperback books in a wonderfully eclectic package perfect for any curious mind.